How To Make Walnut Waffles

Easy Breakfast Recipe - Walnut Waffles

One of my favorite meals to collect recipes for is breakfast. I love having options whenever we have company or we go on vacation somewhere. I like being able to come up with something delicious with relatively little effort.

This recipe for walnut waffles falls into many categories - delicious, easy, perfect for company and unique for a special breakfast anytime!

I find that breakfast recipes are great for experimentation or in combination with other foods or recipes. This recipe is no exception. I first tried it when my mother and my son came to visit, serving it with strawberries and whipped cream. Then when my daughter and son-in-law came for a visit, I added more variations such as applesauce and fruit butters.

Whatever way you decide to make these waffles, even as a dinner waffle, I think you'll find them easy to make and fabulous so many ways. However, you'll also discover that they are very quick to make and wonderful to freeze!

On another hurried morning, just pop them out of the freezer and into the toaster and in minutes, you'll have homemade waffles! For that factor alone, I double the recipe and put part in the freezer for other days. Bob claims that he feels like he 'almost' made them himself when he pops them out of the freezer and serves them up a few minutes later!

In stand-up mixer or small bowl with hand mixer, beat egg whites
until stiff peaks form.

Fold gently into the batter along with walnuts.

Spray hot waffle iron with nonstick spray. Pour in batter – use about 1/2 cup or more per
waffle, depending on size of waffle iron surface. When closed, you want the batter to fill in almost all of the surface of waffle iron.

Suggestions and Additions

This recipe is the best yet for waffles! Over the years, I've tried several recipes for waffles that
had beaten egg whites folded into the recipe. However, for some reason, this recipe holds
up better than most and makes a deliciously light and crispy waffle, which is just how I like them.

I’m not sure why I thought adding walnuts to the batter
would be a good idea but on one batch I tried it and now I’m sold! I loved the combination of the light and
crispy waffle with a little bit of walnut crunch mixed in. It is yet another way to incorporate a bit of walnuts into your daily diet. Walnuts are one of the seven recommended foods we should eat every day.

Here are some great serving ideas:

Substitute pecans for the walnuts (thanks, BJ)

Real whipped cream and sliced strawberries

Fresh blueberries and whipped cream

Apple or other fruit butter or jam with fresh sliced peaches or other fruits

Homemade chunky style applesauce

Hint of pumpkin butter with some steamed fruit - like apples or pears

Use apple butter instead

For the kid at heart, add some tiny chocolate chips to the batter

Try other chopped nuts added to the batter

Add chopped bacon to the batter and make bacon waffles

Chopped apple added to the batter makes wonderful apple waffles

Soaked, drained dried fruit added to the batter such as blueberries or cranberries makes great waffles

You can substitute quick oats or different flours for part of the flour in the recipe for a different taste

Dust with a bit of powdered sugar and top with fruit

Serve waffles for dessert - they make a deliciously different dessert item!

Pure maple syrup

Add in to your heart's delight or try different toppings. There are endless possibilities to making delicious waffles!

Summing Up Walnut Waffles

If you're looking for a delicious recipe for waffles that
is so absolutely simple, try this one. I’m sure you’ll love it as much as I do. It is a great one for a special breakfast such as at the holidays or when you have guests, but it is also a great recipe 'just because' you feel like waffles!

I also tried different waffle irons for this recipe. I have a Belgian waffle iron, a flip-over
waffle maker and a George Foreman grill with waffle plates.

I have to say that the problem for me with
waffles when you have company is that you never seem to have everyone’s waffles
ready at the same time along with the rest of the breakfast and rest of your ingredients.

My solution was to double my waffle recipe and then use at
least 2 of my waffle makers to try and make more at a time. However, the waffle iron
I found the largest and thus better at getting more to the table at once was the George
Foreman. I could easily make several big
waffles and then even have the 2 other waffle irons going at the same time. I
ended up with many more waffles in the same time as opposed to trying to make one at a time on the
smaller irons.

As noted above, these waffles also freeze like a dream. When you have
finished cooking all the batter, let the waffles cool. Simply pop them in freezer bags, label and keep in the freezer. When needed, pop the needed amount in the toaster. They come out just as crisp and light as when
you first made them - even if you've defrosted them in the fridge the night before.

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Audrey Kirchner 7 years agofrom Central Oregon

Thanks for stopping by, RedElf - hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

RedElf 7 years agofrom Canada

Breakfast is my favorite company meal to prepare. I love crispy waffles, too, but we have a single-waffle iron. My kids like them noon-crispy, though, so I just pop them in the oven to keep warm. Gotta try the walnut waffles SOON!

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Audrey Kirchner 7 years agofrom Central Oregon

Seriously, Micky - I live, therefore I cook! I love to cook for everyone but especially my Bob. I figured 35+ years ago that since he loved my cooking, I owed it to him to continue perfecting it. I do try and go for the lower fat, lower calorie recipes though and this one is a keeper! Stay tuned for my chocolate chip one next!

Micky Dee 7 years ago

Yes Ma'am! You can make a person hungry!

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Audrey Kirchner 7 years agofrom Central Oregon

BKC - I totally hear you on the better than store-bought and I love having these in the freezer for a cold and rainy morning when nothing sounds too good except waffles! The walnuts of course make them even healthier!!! Enjoy!

BkCreative 7 years agofrom Brooklyn, New York City

Perfect and I am in the mood for some serious waffle - eating. And you just cannot go wrong with walnuts. Thanks for the recipe - it is so much tastier to make (and gobble down) your own. And I find if I make them myself I actually eat less than the (full of air) store-bought.

Thanks for giving me the heads up on another gadget!! Oh...I can hear Bob rolling his eyes right now but I could use a new waffle maker don't ya know? Thanks for commenting and hope you enjoy these - they are truly so easy and SOOOO good!

katiem2 7 years agofrom I'm outta here

Great recipe thanks! I have a Flip Nonstick Belgian Waffle Maker and it is priceless, everyone is ALWAYS so impressed with the great waffles this waffle maker puts out. Big hit anytime and everytime I look forward to using a new recipe!

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Audrey Kirchner 7 years agofrom Central Oregon

Holle - Sure enough! They keep so well in the freezer, why not in the mail? I might wait until the temp drops though!!

Holle Abee 7 years agofrom Georgia

YUMMY!! Could ya just mail me a couple??

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Audrey Kirchner 7 years agofrom Central Oregon

Springboard - Your wife would probably be delighted! I know I would be if Bob would make me waffles. His culinary expertise extends to the BBQ which is not a bad thing - and he is a great prep cook for me - but if he made me waffles, I might seriously have a fit of the vapors! But that would be a good thing! Thanks so much for reading!!

Springboard 7 years agofrom Wisconsin

Maybe I should consider giving this one a go. My wife loves waffles though I always only ever get the ones that come in a box—which really aren't that good. This would be a treat. Just need to get a waffle iron.

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Audrey Kirchner 7 years agofrom Central Oregon

Thanks for stopping in t.elia - hope you enjoy them as they truly are very easy - and very delish!

t.elia 7 years agofrom Northern Ireland

Those waffles look and smell delicious. I will definately be trying this receipe.

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Audrey Kirchner 7 years agofrom Central Oregon

Thanks so much for stopping in, ZB - and have a wonderful visit with your granddaughters!

I know what you mean - someone has to be the taste tester, so routinely, I test out these recipes before I 'inflict' them on my guests or family! It's a very tough job and one of the dirtiest there is....but sigh....I just have to do it and I'm resigned to the fact that no recipe shall touch someone's plate until it has passed my lips. Why sometimes, I have to make the recipe multiple times - just to make SURE I got it right! Bob unfortunately is a very willing guinea pig so for that I'm most thankful!

Again, have a great visit - life goes by too quickly doesn't it and good times are treasures for me, as I'm sure they are for you.....work seems to drone on and on but the fun times seem to go by in a flash!

I am very well - and hope you are the same. Enjoy the recipe and hope your grandkids do as well.

Zsuzsy Bee 7 years agofrom Ontario/Canada

Did I hear anyone say walnuts and waffles? I love walnuts and waffles. I have my granddaughters coming for a few days on the weekend. I will have to make up a batch ahead of time to make sure that they will like them... just for testing, you understand. I'm nothing but a conscientious granma

thanks for sharing

hope you're well

kindest regards Zsuzsy

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Audrey Kirchner 7 years agofrom Central Oregon

HH - Good ideas are great things! Of course I noticed that you needed something new and interesting - so here ya go! Thanks so much for commenting.

Hello, hello, 7 years agofrom London, UK

You have got me thinking of a new idea. Your recipes are great and love nuts. You must have noticed hahaha

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Audrey Kirchner 7 years agofrom Central Oregon

Thanks for commenting AH - I didn't either and all of a sudden it just sounded like a good thing to try. As BJ said though, I'm thinking pecan waffles might be just the ticket sometimes too though I love walnuts better for the health benefits - or so I tell myself!

Thanks for the tip, BJ - I did not think to add pecans - those would be delicious as well! Wish I could eat the choc chip ones but alas, I cannot - but they smell so good cooking! I'm a crispy waffle girl myself.

Thanks Paula for stopping in - again, I like mine only crispy and light!

Paula Kirchner 7 years agofrom Austin. Texas

Yum Audrey, sounds great!!! I like mine very crispy thank you!

drbj and sherry 7 years agofrom south Florida

Hi, Audrea.

Walnut waffles - yummy. Until now my favorite was pecan waffles but I'm willing to give the walnut version a try.

And you included chocolate chip waffles, too. My batter runneth over!

I like 'em really brown and crispy, too. No half-baked waffles for me.

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Audrey Kirchner 7 years agofrom Central Oregon

Thanks Cybersupe for stopping by! Hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do.

CYBERSUPE 7 years agofrom MALVERN, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A.

I like you favor breakfast very much. Breakfast on weekends is an event. I just love the various waffle receips and now yours will be added to the list. Thanks so much for taking the time to introduce me to this wonderful waffle.